How ASA Express turned their ‘dead miles’ into profit on the Haulage Exchange

Overview

ASA Express delivers goods, across the UK, for B2B customers. In fact, they’ve been delivering goods for 19 years now – so they’re no strangers to the transport industry. 

Seeing a lot of dead miles on their backload journeys, Managing Director, Pele Binning, decided his business would benefit from joining HX in October 2022. HX offered a quick and easy solution to reducing ASA’s dead miles during drivers’ return journeys back home. 

Since being on HX for seven months now, ASA have a revenue thirty-six times their initial investment. 

Approach

ASA joined HX because it was a business requirement: they needed to dilute the cost of overheads and fuel on their return journeys. 

Pele explains, “We’ve always delivered outbound, but we needed inbound traffic for our trucks coming back home empty. [With HX], customers now pay us to bring their product, even though we’re just coming back home.” 

Results

In just over seven months Pele is pleased to report he has reduced company dead miles by completing 296 more loads on HX.

Since joining, ASA have built contacts with new suppliers – and now, just under a quarter of their revenue comes from direct bookings. What started as a business requirement to reduce “dead miles” has generated a significant profit and several new suppliers. 

He also doubles down on the security of HX: “One of the main things we love about the Exchange is how users are all verified. We want to keep our business clean and free of scammers.”

Conclusion 

Pele is pleased with his results. His company’s dead miles are low, his return on investment is high and his team receive continuous help, support, and training on the platform.

“You must apply the man hours. Be on the Exchange every day and put in the work – you’ll see the best results that way,” he adds, as a word of encouragement. 

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Polish company, Virtus Logistics, is a transport company with over 150 drivers that operate all over Europe. After building regular contracts with drivers across the UK – both subcontractors and their own drivers – they decided to join HX in February 2023 to better control and expand their business. 

After only 2 months of operating on HX, Virtus has already generated a revenue of five times their initial investment. UK Account Manager, Robert Lakomski, talks about these past few months. 

Approach

Virtus Logistics already had established business in the UK. However, as Robert quickly realised, Virtus needed to operate on a reputable and protected platform to properly manage the vast quantity of UK drivers and subcontractors they employed. 

In effort to stay on top of bookings, Virtus has also utilised the features HX offers. One way is by integrating a HX-partnered tracking software, to better track drivers and subcontractors while they complete their bookings.

He also doubles down on the security of HX: “One of the main things we love about the Exchange is how users are all verified. We want to keep our business clean and free of scammers.”

Results 

Within just two months on HX, Robert realised he didn’t need other logistics platforms

Now HX is Virtus’s main tool for loading trucks in the UK. “HX has helped grow our business significantly within the UK.” He adds that HX is “better than other UK platforms” because his drivers find regular work, quickly and easily. 

The results speak for themselves. Since joining, Virtus Logistics have collaborated with over twenty logistics partners. And, in the two months they’ve been on the platform, they’ve secured 457% return on investment (ROI)

Conclusion

In the space of a couple of months, Virtus has collaborated with new partners, integrated telematics to optimise their business, and made a hefty profit. Robert’s parting words of encouragement are happy and hopeful for the future:

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Overview

Bulldog Trans, a family-owned haulage business, began their business on HX back in February 2022. Their aim? To scale their business quickly and in one place. 

In just over a year, Bulldog has generated a revenue of over twenty-four times their initial investment.

Bulldog’s Managing Director, Sylwia Chudzik details her journey over the last year.

Approach

Sylwia’s goals were simple: to build her business and expand her network with fellow verified industry professionals.

Since joining the Haulage Exchange, she’s achieved exactly that. A thriving business with reliable suppliers, wonderful feedback, and a scaling revenue. 

Results

Now, over a year into joining HX, Bulldog Trans have achieved a fantastic return on investment. More significantly, over a quarter of their revenue comes from direct bookings. 

Sylwia adds that Bulldog have formed significant relationships with five big suppliers and two smaller suppliers, which correlated to the 48 direct bookings they’ve had since joining HX. As of now, Bulldog also boasts 44 positive comments from happy suppliers.

Sylwia also rests easy knowing that every one of her suppliers are safe to work with.

Conclusion 

In just over a year, Bulldog Trans has successfully built a business, made a significant return on investment and formed strong relationships with reliable suppliers. Sylwia looks forward to her business’s future.

Is her advice for all considering joining. 

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